PSL 2022: Multan Sultans qualify for play-offs

Multan Sultans have become the first team to qualify for play-offs of PSL 7.

Defending champions Multan Sultans won the 16th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) Seven and their sixth consecutive match, defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 42 runs.

Peshawar Zalmi could only put 140 runs on the scoreboard in pursuit of the target of 183 runs.

In this match played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and invited Multan to bat.

The defending champions scored 182 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

The Multan Sultans openers once again gave the team a great start, where the first wicket fell in the form of captain Muhammad Rizwan who scored 34 runs at a score of 98.

After that Shaun Masood and Tim David rushed the score to 131 where Shaun Masood who scored 68 runs was out.

After that, no player could stop and play and more wickets kept falling but with 34 runs of Tim David the Sultans reached a total of 182.

With a net run rate of 1.14 on the board, Multan Sultans have become the first team to qualify for the play-offs.

The playoffs will kick off on February 24 in Lahore.

Points Table

Team	mat	won	lost	tied	Points	NET PR

Multan Sultans	6	6	0	0	12	1.243
Islamabad United	5	3	2	0	6	1.019
Lahore Qalanders	5	3	2	0	6	0.337
Quetta Gladiators	5	2	3	0	4	-0.041
Peshawar Zalmi	6	2	4	0	4	-1.332
Karahi Kings	5	0	5	0	0	-1.136